New daily deal at eclassical!

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As Robert Von Bahr points out, this is the biggest selling eClassical release ever, so everyone probably has it already, but if you don't, you probably should. $7.31 !!!

 

Thank you! It's truly outstanding. Listening to it as I type. [emoji851]

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Sudbin fans - rejoice! Another Beethoven piano concertos disc is out and available for under $10 discounted. If you've bought here before, you'll see it in email soon enough. I've purchased it, but won't get a chance to listen for a few more hours.

 

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19 minutes ago, sdolezalek said:

Very different interpretation from my current favorite of this piece:

 

Nice! Let us know when it's on sale!

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6 hours ago, austinpop said:

Sudbin fans - rejoice! Another Beethoven piano concertos disc is out and available for under $10 discounted. If you've bought here before, you'll see it in email soon enough. I've purchased it, but won't get a chance to listen for a few more hours.

 

 

I had a first listen and posted my impressions here. Enjoy!

 

 

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15 minutes ago, earnmyturns said:

The good news about eClassical is that (as you note) they carry some great BIS and other smaller European label releases at very nice prices (loved "à la russe" by Alexandre Kantorow, yes, son of the conductor of the release you mention). The less good news is that metadata is terrible, often missing, and tracks can be scrambled (as they were in Angela Brownbridge's "Chopin: Four Ballades" that I got yesterday. TL; DR: promising, but more work needed for a top grade.

 

I end up fixing tags on pretty much everything I purchase, so this isn't such a hardship for me. 

 

But yes, I love the prices at eclassical, and the BIS recordings in particular.

 

i just picked up the serenades above. Very charming examples of early Mozart. Btw - I saw no egregious issues with the metadata.

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15 minutes ago, rando said:

If you don't already own Vanska's Sibelius symphonies 1 & 4 the day to rectify that shortcoming has arrived.

 

 

 

+1,000,000

 

At $8.72, including 24-bit stereo AND Mch, that is an absolute steal!

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Took a chance on this one today, while it’s on sale:

 

 

Still listening to it, but already highly recommend it! Excellent BIS Sonics. 

 

For $11.32 for hi-Rez, a no-brainer.

 

 

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http://www.eclassical.com/pages/christmas17.html

 

Here we go! 

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Given how much I loved Dausgaard and Swedish Chamber Orchestra's Brahms Symphony 2, I am taking a chance (at $6.62 ) on one of today's specials:

 

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56 minutes ago, rodrigaj said:

Just wondering what I am missing.

 

You're missing this magic link:

 

http://www.eclassical.com/pages/christmas17.html

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Hmm, is it me, or have this year's Christmas sale offerings been underwhelming? 

 

Lots of chamber and Nordic/Scandinavian music.

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4 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Its getting better now.

 

The Brautigam Mozart concertos are quite nice, and the Goerne Winterreise is excellent.

 

Thanks! My Brautigam collection is growing.

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On 12/17/2017 at 9:21 PM, Bob Stern said:

I love chamber music, but not this year's choices.

 

I bought the Nielsen clarinet concerto based on good reviews but haven’t listened yet.

 

Bob, which Nielsen album was it (link)?

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41 minutes ago, Bob Stern said:

 

http://www.eclassical.com/nielsen-clarinet-concerto-wa-mozart-clarinet-concerto.html

 

The performance strikes me as less spiky, more romantic, than one would expect for Nielsen, which may be good or bad depending on your preference.  However, the clarinetist is amazing.

 

If you like Nielsen, two other tips:

 

1.  Dausgaard just recorded symphonies 3 & 4, his two greatest, with the Seattle Sym on their own label.  I haven’t heard it, but Dausgaard's 2006 set with the Danish National Sym on Dacapo is my favorite set of the 6 symphonies.

 

2.  Dacapo, the Danish label, now has a holiday sale at various discounts up to 50%.

 

Thanks for the referrals. I noticed the Nielsen/Mozart is still only $8 and change, so I'm getting it as we speak.

 

Also thanks for the Dacapo label. Any recommendations?

 

37 minutes ago, Bob Stern said:

@austinpop: If your avatar denotes a love of Mahler, I highly recommend the Dausgaard, Seattle Sym album of the Cooke 2 completion of Mahler's 10th.

 

It does indeed! And I am really into Dausgaard after buying his Brahms 1 and 2. I'll look for his Mahler.

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7 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Its getting better now.

 

The Brautigam Mozart concertos are quite nice, and the Goerne Winterreise is excellent.

 

Listened to today's Brautigam Mozart 24/25. Thumbs up! 

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37 minutes ago, JHG said:

Is anyone familiar with this recording?

 

https://www.eclassical.com/mozart-symphonies-nos-39-40-41.html

 

Thanks.

Jim

 

Listening on Qobuz in 24/48. Really enjoying it. Seems like a no-brainer at $13.50...

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22 hours ago, semente said:

 

https://www.eclassical.com/labels/bis/rimsky-korsakov-orchestral-works.html

 

Do you have a Qobuz or Tidal link, by any chance? Not showing up in my searches...

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35 minutes ago, semente said:

It's a bundle. I can't find it on Qobuz either.

 

https://www.eclassical.com/labels/bis/rimsky-korsakov-orchestral-works-1.html

 

Ah yes, thanks. I found the component albums:

https://open.qobuz.com/album/7318590013878

https://open.qobuz.com/album/7318590014776

https://open.qobuz.com/album/7318590015773

https://open.qobuz.com/album/7318590013779

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Today's Bassoon Concertos disc is excellent.

 

https://www.eclassical.com/sambeek-bram-van/mozart-weber-du-puy-bassoon-concertos.html

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Today's Mozart 39, 40, & 41 is an excellent performance and recording  in a very crowded field:  https://www.eclassical.com/harmonia-mundi/mozart-symphonies-nos-39-40-41.html

 

BTW - people should also be checking out the Qobuz Fest Sale here: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/page/winter-qobuz-fest-2020

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Also, the download speed from the eclassical store this weekend is glacial. Hopefully they can fix it soon.

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Today's Beethoven 9th is a good bargain. But the download speed issue persists!

 

 

Sounds like it's a problem for US buyers?

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The Isabelle Faust album today is excellent. Not so much a fan of the Schoenberg violin concerto, but love Verklarte Nacht.

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4 hours ago, Kal Rubinson said:

It's OK but it's just Vänskä’s Mahler.  😐

 

We can be such snobs when we have such a plethora to choose from! 

 

I do like Vänskä’s 7th. While it's not my all-time greatest, it's certainly one of the best recorded. Quite a value at under $10.

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9 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

Then you don't need to do anything. The blue one comes by default.

 

Blue is the placebo arm. This pandemic has made us all experts on RCTs.